HI ppl. I cleared
SCJP with 90% 2 days ago. I feel a lot more confident now. I used Sierra&Bates book and I believe that's the only book one needs to clear it. I also spent time with mock exams listed on this site but personally I only enjoyed Dan Chisholm's tests which I believe are a lot more harder than the real thing. On the other hand I don't believe it is a necessity to solve them if you don't aim very high scores, because Dan's tests take you deep into JLS which is not a necessity for passing SCJP. Of course if you are the curious type like me it wouldn't hurt. My only critics concerning Sierra&Bates book maybe the Threads section. Not that its not a good section but I believe a few sophisticated examples on threading added wouldnt hurt in the next edition. But I honestly insist on the fact that if you have
Java background for more than a year, you don't need any additional resource to get a good score. I also would like to thank them for their sense of humour which made this book the most enjoyable technical book I ever read. Congratulations for being writers of the best technical book I ever read.
One last question people. What do you think the next step should be in certification if you want to become an architect? do you think I should go straight for a
test like SCWCD or SCBOD? OR, I should consider XML or UML tests of IBM?